Government Cyber Defence Plans Reactive Comment from Rob Reid of StayPrivate
Rob Reid the COO and Founder of internet security solutions provider StayPrivate had the following to say about the government’s cyber defence plans, in reaction to today’s speech by the Chancellor Philip Hammond:
“The government’s National Cyber Security Strategy is a welcome initiative and will help in raising awareness of the severity of the issue that both businesses and consumers face when it comes to their personal and private information being at the mercy of cyber criminals. Given the speed with which cyber crime is becoming both a national and international problem one concern I have about today’s news is that £1.9 billion and a five-year plan underestimates the ever growing problem. Day by day the amount of information sent via the internet and stored unsecured is increasing at a far greater pace than the solutions that are coming to market can deal with, so it is not just a question of investing in more preventative measures, but ensuring there’s a much greater understanding of how to protect oneself which is likely to take a great deal longer than five years given the way technology evolves.”
“We recently undertook our own nationwide research into business and consumer behaviour in respect to cyber security and worryingly the results showed that people claim to be highly aware of the cyber threats they face. However they still send and receive personal and confidential information in a way that shows they do not understand the issue and wholly miscalculate the risks they are opening themselves to, in what is clearly a ‘laissez-fair, it won’t happen to me’ attitude. The research highlights that not only are consumers putting themselves at risk, but businesses are doing little to prevent their customers being subjected to cyber crime, something that urgently needs to be resolved with better education on the subject and the right solutions that protect individuals and small businesses”.
Founded in 2014, StayPrivate is a state-of-the-art technology platform and suite of digital products built to safeguard the everyday digital lives for businesses and individuals. Our products provide military grade secure communication across the open internet that are designed to keep us all safer, to ensure that we only share what we want to share.
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